Purchase the book at one of Mr. Starita's speaking engagements.
For every book he sells at an event--a speaking engagement--he
donates 20 percent of the proceeds (usually about $5) to a
scholarship fund he has established. That fund will go to help
support a Nebraska Native American high school graduate to attend some
institution of higher learning or a trade school.

VIDEO –
Standing Bear's Footsteps (DVD, 2011,
NET Television).
Get
the DVD from a
library. Borrow the DVD
from the Nebraska Library Commission.

VIDEO –
Joe Starita reads from his book "'I Am a Man': Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice" (DVD, 2009,
Lincoln City Libraries).
Get
the DVD from a
library. Borrow the DVD
from the Nebraska Library Commission.

Local activity:
Host Joe Starita or other scholar, listed on the
Speakers Bureau of the Nebraska Humanities Council.
Apply for a grant from the Nebraska Humanities Council to finance
your event. Public programs sponsored by not-for-profit
organizations may be eligible for funding assistance from the
Nebraska Humanities Council.

FEBRUARY 17 –
4 pm;
Visit with Author Joe Starita;
Omaha Public Library's Florence Branch, Omaha; Joe Starita will
present "Standing Bear: How an Indian Chief Set Off on a 600-Mile
Journey to Bury His Son and Ended Up Beating the U.S. Army in a
Federal Courtroom." A book signing will follow. Registration
preferred (online or by calling 402-444-5299).

FEBRUARY 18 – 10:30 am;
Movie: "Standing Bear's Footsteps";
Omaha Public Library's Willa Cather Branch, Omaha; free showing of
the film. Presented in a powerful documentary by NET, this film
chronicles an Indian chief's odyssey, ending in a battle for civil
rights unlike any other in American history.

FEBRUARY 24 – 4 pm;
Movie: "Standing Bear's Footsteps";
Omaha Public Library's W. Clarke Swanson Branch, Omaha; free showing of
the film. Presented in a powerful documentary by NET, this film
chronicles an Indian chief's odyssey, ending in a battle for civil
rights unlike any other in American history.

FEBRUARY 28 – 5:45 pm;
Movie: "Standing Bear's Footsteps";
Omaha Public Library's Florence Branch, Omaha; free showing of
the film. Presented in a powerful documentary by NET, this film
chronicles an Indian chief's odyssey, ending in a battle for civil
rights unlike any other in American history. Registration required.

MARCH 3 – 11 am;
Movie: "Standing Bear's Footsteps"; Omaha
Public Library's Bess Johnson Elkhorn Branch, Omaha; free showing of
the film. Presented in a powerful documentary by NET, this film
chronicles an Indian chief's odyssey, ending in a battle for civil
rights unlike any other in American history.

MARCH 10 – 2 pm;
Movie: "Standing Bear's Footsteps"; Omaha
Public Library's W. Dale Clark Main Library, Omaha; free showing of
the film. Presented in a powerful documentary by NET, this film
chronicles an Indian chief's odyssey, ending in a battle for civil
rights unlike any other in American history.

MARCH 17 – 2 pm;
Behind the Book Presentation; Omaha
Public Library's W. Dale Clark Main Library, Omaha; Judi M.
Gaiashkibos, Executive Director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian
Affairs and a member of the Ponca Tribe, will speak about the
restoration of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska in the 1980s.

MARCH 23 –
Presentation and Book Discussion;
5 pm; Rushville Public Library;
Rushville. Contact Maggie at rpublib (at) gpcom.net for more
information.

JULY 11 – 6 pm; Presentation by Joe Starita;
Gretna Public Library, 736 South St. Sponsored by the Nebraska
Humanities Council. Contact Maureen McCombs, gretna.library @
gmail.com, for more information.

JULY 15 –
Time TBA; Book Discussion with Speaker Dwight Howe;
Ponca State Park Resource Center. Dwight Howe, a member of the
Ponca Tribe, will be the guest speaker, in tribal regalia. A meal
will be included. Hosted by Friends of Ponca Carnegie Library.
Contact Beth Foulks, poncalib (at) gpcom.net, for more information.

OCTOBER 18 – 7:00 p.m. CT;
LaVista Conference Center, LaVista. Joe Starita receives the Mari
Sandoz Award from the Nebraska Library Association and speaks about
how the story of Standing Bear informs what we believe about
America.

NOVEMBER 3 – 3:30 pm CT;
Celebration of Nebraska Books at the Nebraska History Museum,
Lincoln. Joe Starita speaks about his experience traveling the state
of Nebraska and sharing the story of Standing Bear with readers
across the state through the 2012 One Book One Nebraska program.

NOVEMBER 10 – 2 - 3 pm;
Presentation by Joe Starita;
In this presentation, the author discusses the legal, social and
political importance of the landmark 1879 decision in which a judge
declared that Ponca Chief Standing Bear was "a person" within the
meaning of the law and entitled to the same Constitutional
protections as white citizens;
La Vista Public Library,
La Vista